From labs-no-reply@idefense.com Thu Jun 23 17:45:11 2005
From: iDEFENSE Labs
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:03 -0400
Subject: [Full-disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 06.23.05: Veritas Backup Exec Agent CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Veritas Backup Exec Agent CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability
iDEFENSE Security Advisory 06.23.05
www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=272&type=vulnerabilities
June 23, 2005
I. BACKGROUND
VERITAS Backup Exec is an advanced backup and restore solution for
Microsoft Windows server environments. More information is available
from the vendor's website:
http://veritas.com/Products/www?c=product&refId=57
II. DESCRIPTION
Exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in Veritas Software
Corp.'s Backup Exec allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The Veritas Backup Exec Agent listens on TCP port 10000 and is
responsible for accepting connections from the backup server when a
backup is to occur. Typically the agent would be installed on most
servers and important workstations in an enterprise environment.
Veritas Backup Exec uses the standard NMDP protocol to communicate with
the listening agents. The NMDP protocol allows multiple authentication
types, including support for Windows user credentials.
The vulnerability specifically exists because of insufficient input
validation on CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH requests. CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH requests
sent with an authentication method type "3," indicating Windows user
credentials, and an overly long password argument can overflow the
buffer and lead to arbitrary code execution. The overflow will copy the
user-supplied password to the stack until it attempts to run off the
page of memory. At this point, the SEH frame will be overwritten and the
program will jump to a user-defined location when the page fault occurs.
Debugger output showing control of execution from the SEH frame is
detailed as follows:
(1d8.b1c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
eax=00002001 ebx=0032ad78 ecx=0000037e
edx=00fbedf8 esi=01045928 edi=00fc0000
eip=0141b77f esp=00fbedd8 ebp=0032c040 iopl=0
nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00010206
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols
for C:\Program Files\VERITAS\Backup Exec\NT\beclass.dll -
beclass!DeasciifyAndDecrypt+0xaf:
0141b77f f3a5 rep movsd ds:01045928=39784638 es:00fc0000=????????
0:005> g
(1d8.b1c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=41424344
edx=7c9037d8 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=41424344 esp=00fbea08 ebp=00fbea28 iopl=0
nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00010246
41424344 ?? ???
0:005> kp
ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be
wrong.
00fbea04 7c9037bf 0x41424344
00fbea28 7c90378b ntdll!RtlConvertUlongToLargeInteger+0x7a
00fbead8 7c90eafa ntdll!RtlConvertUlongToLargeInteger+0x46
0032c040 0032b470 ntdll!KiUserExceptionDispatcher+0xe
00000003 00000000 0x32b470
III. ANALYSIS
Exploitation does not require authentication, thereby allowing any
remote attacker to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the
Backup Exec Agent Browser (benetns.exe) process, which is usually a
domain administrative account. Exploitation can occur fairly reliably
since the overflow is able to control code execution via the structured
exception handler.
IV. DETECTION
iDEFENSE has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in Backup
Exec for Windows Servers versions 9.1 and 10.0. It is suspected
that other versions are also vulnerable.
Several vendors ship or use Veritas software including Hitachi and NEC
Corporation.
V. WORKAROUND
Use a firewall to restrict incoming connections to trusted workstations
running the Backup Exec client software which uses port 10000 TCP.
VI. VENDOR RESPONSE
The vendor has addressed this vulnerability in security advisory
VX05-002:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/276604.htm
VII. CVE INFORMATION
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the
name CAN-2005-0773 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion
in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for
security problems.
VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
03/16/2005 Initial vendor notification
03/30/2005 Initial vendor response
06/22/2005 Coordinated public disclosure
IX. CREDIT
The discoverer of this vulnerability wishes to remain anonymous.
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X. LEGAL NOTICES
Copyright (c) 2005 iDEFENSE, Inc.
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at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use
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